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Re: Multiple sum with iterators that cannot equal

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• Subject: [mg19590] Re: Multiple sum with iterators that cannot equal
• From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
• Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 01:34:26 -0400
• Organization: University of Western Australia
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Eric Spahr wrote:

> Using  multiple summmation signs with condition 'i "not
> equal" j', evaluation stops immediately as 'i' starts as
> 1 as does 'j'.  My formula requires that the 'i's' and
> 'j's' together:
>
>         Sum[Sum[f,{j,1,n}],{i,1,n}] ignore cases where i = j.
>
>         Or as copied from my notebook:
>
> \!\(\(\(\[Sum]\+\(i = 1\)\%n\[Sum]\+\(j = 1\)\%n\)\+\(i
> != j\)\) \(w\_i\)
>     w\_j\)
>
> How do I solve this without some cumbersome loops.

Two suggestions:

[1] If there is no singularity if i==j then you could use

\!\(\[Sum]\+\(i = 1\)\%n\(\[Sum]\+\(j = 1\)\%n w\_i\ w\_j\) -
\[Sum]\+\(i = 1\)\%n w\_i\%2\)

[2] Alternatively,

\!\(\[Sum]\+\(i = 1\)\%n w\_i\ \((\[Sum]\+\(j = 1\)\%\(i - 1\)w\_j +
\[Sum]\+\(j = i + \
1\)\%n w\_j)\)\)

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